§4602 Definitions

Summary

Defines words used in the chapter. Committee means the National Honey Nominations Committee. Consumer education means giving information on how to use and care for honey and honey products. Department means the Department of Agriculture. Exporter means anyone who exports honey or honey products from the United States. Handle means processing, packaging, selling, transporting, buying, or otherwise putting honey or honey products into commerce. It includes selling unprocessed honey that will be used without more processing or packaging. Handle does not include transport of unprocessed honey by a producer to a handler, transport by a commercial carrier for a handler or producer, or purchase by a consumer or other end-user. Handler means any person who handles honey. Honey means the nectar and sugary plant secretions gathered, changed, and stored in the comb by honey bees. Honey Board means the Honey Board created under the law. Honey production means the beekeeping steps to manage colonies, harvest honey, extract it from combs, and prepare it for sale. Honey products means products made wholly or partly from honey. Importer means anyone who imports honey or honey products into the United States or is listed in the import records as the importer of record, including agents, brokers, or consignees for foreign producers. Industry information means information or programs to create new markets, marketing plans, or efficiency, or to improve the image of honey and the honey industry. Marketing means selling or otherwise placing honey or honey products in commerce. National honey marketing cooperative means a cooperative that markets in at least 2 of 4 regions set by the Secretary: the Atlantic Coast (including D.C. and Puerto Rico), the Mideast, the Midwest, and the Pacific (including Alaska and Hawaii). Person means any individual, group, partnership, corporation, association, cooperative, or other entity. Producer means anyone who produces honey in the United States for sale. Producer-packer means someone who is both a producer and a handler. Promotion means any action, including paid advertising under the law, to give honey a favorable image and stimulate sales. Qualified national organization representing handler interests means an organization the Secretary certifies as eligible to recommend handler and handler-importer members and alternates for the Honey Board. Qualified national organization representing importer interests means an organization the Secretary certifies as eligible to recommend importer and handler-importer members and alternates for the Honey Board. Research means research to improve the image, use, marketability, production, or quality of honey or honey products. Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture. State means any of the several States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. State association means the beekeeper organization in a State that is generally recognized as representing that State’s beekeepers.